Life at Google

Googlers solve complex problems everyday in the name of our core mission to
organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible to our users.
But what makes working at Google truly unique is the workplace culture that
encourages innovation and a healthy disregard for the impossible. Watch Alan
Eustace, SVP of knowledge, explain the secret ingredient that makes Google a great
place to work: our people.

Whether it’s creating self-driving cars or translating the web into 64 languages,
we love big bets. Our company culture encourages experimentation and the free flow
of ideas. This perspective is not limited to our engineering teams and technical
roles, but extends to all Googlers who share a desire to challenge what’s possible.

Since Larry Page took over as CEO in 2011, we've been more focused than ever on
improving the user experience across all of our products. Learn how our design
teams worked together to engineer a creative revolution in this story from The
Verge.

When you want people to think creatively and push the boundaries of what’s
possible, their workspace shouldn’t be a drab maze of beige cubicles. Our offices
have become well known for their innovative, fun and—some might say wacky—design.
Like most of our decisions, data shows that these spaces have a positive impact on
productivity, collaboration and inspiration. Simply put, we aim to make our offices
a place that Googlers want to be. A reporter from The New York Times stopped by our
Manhattan offices and was surprised by what he found.

Culture and Diversity

We’ve always wanted Google to be a place that brought together smart, talented people
from a diversity of backgrounds, and where you could bring your whole self to work.
Lots has been written about our great perks, but read on to find out what our culture
is really all about.

Google: A great workplace for women

At Google, our mission is to organize the world’s information and make it
universally accessible. ...

Mind meld: Googlers teaching Googlers

Innovation at Google

Our engineers use technology to solve some of the world’s biggest challenges. But you
don’t have to code to innovate at Google. Learn how Googlers across all our teams
think big and find creative ways to work better and smarter in all that we do.

The road to Omega: John Wilkes discusses computer science research and the future
of Google infrastructure

Need for speed: How Matt helped Google Fiber upgrade internet service

Benefits

When it comes to our benefits and perks, we have everything you'd expect from a large
company, like health insurance, retirement benefits and so on. But we also offer way more
than the basics. Our benefits are part of who we are, and they're designed to take care
of the whole you and keep you healthy, whether physically, emotionally, financially or
socially.

How we hire

Our process is pretty basic; the path to getting hired usually involves a first
conversation with a recruiter, a phone interview and an onsite interview at one of our
offices. But there are a few things we've baked in along the way that make getting hired
at Google a little different.